Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Embosom?
Hello Everyone,
I was surprised to see this word (and its variant, imbosom) in a dictionary and not in another. Google also gives just a few hits for them. Could you tell me, please, it they are still in use? And if yes, in which sense? Thanks.
I was surprised to see this word (and its variant, imbosom) in a dictionary and not in another. Google also gives just a few hits for them. Could you tell me, please, it they are still in use? And if yes, in which sense? Thanks.
Top answer
I've never used them, but I occasionally come across them. Why not Google them?
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I've never used them, but I occasionally come across them.
Why not Google them?
Why not Google them?
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Hi,
If you check eg
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embosom
you'll see that it says archaic, and quotes a long-ago sentenc
If you check eg
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embosom
you'll see that it says archaic, and quotes a long-ago sentenc
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Thank you Avangi and Clive, I had looked in other dictionaries this time and not Merriam Webster's, but when I Googled the term again I, too, found that it's archaic in the sense 'embrace'. (At more than one place I didn't see it listed as outdated in the sense 'to envelope', though, hence my confusion remained. But now that you both say it's archaic, I'm sure it is in both meanings.)
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